More About All Through the Night: Important Jobs That Get Done at Night
“A comforting bedtime story, especially if parents are heading out to work.” —Kirkus Reviews
In All Through the Night, the sky is getting dark. In the city, a little girl is eating her dinner, brushing her teeth, and getting ready for bed. Meanwhile, her mother is putting on her coat and getting ready to go to work. Where is she going and who will she see along the way? As the night goes on, readers will see nurses, cleaners, delivery workers, doctors, police officers, journalists, and many other workers who help keep the city running all through the night.
Ages 2 - 5
More About Author Polly Faber
Polly Faber is the author of Building a Home, illustrated by Klas Fahlén, Through the North Pole Snow, illustrated by Richard Jones, Pony on the Twelfth Floor, illustrated by Sarah Jennings, and Mango & Bambang: The Not-a-Pig, illustrated by Clara Vulliamy. She is also a children’s book blogger and volunteer reading helper. She lives with her husband, sons, and cats in London, where she has her own tiny free library right outside her house.
More About Illustrator Harriet Hobday
Harriet Hobday spent hours as a child drawing what was around her and filling sketchbooks with imagined characters and scenes. Little did she know that she would become an illustrator for a living. Now she spends her days making books and wreaking havoc in the kitchen. She lives in Yorkshire in the UK.
Thoughts About All Through the Night
A young girl is telling the story of who works at night and what they do because her mother is one of those workers. The text is lively and surprising, showing how much is happening at night.
It is accompanied by colorful illustrations full of details, both details that complement the text and other details that can lead to questions for readers to wonder about. For instance, in the pages about Luigi's bakery you learn about the people bakery and the people who deliver baking ingredients. But there's also a sign for the subway in the corner that could lead to questions about who works in the subway, what do they do, who takes the subway to work, what are other ways people get to work. I felt like this book was layer upon layer upon layer. Perfect for a readers who likes to ask and answer questions.
My only comment is I wished the text was a larger font. But maybe that's just my old eyes!
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